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My name is Janet. I was born in 1984 on the cusp of Aquarius and Pisces. I've had this site since 2001. I love to watch/read anything to do with vampires. I'm interested in learning about mythology, serial killers, and various other things that don't generally interest people my age. I tend to discuss my problems in this blog, so if you don't want to read my whining about my health, then you might want to go now. There's a fanlisting for me that you could join, if you want. (No pressure.)

Before he challenged the tweet, my boycott statement had no likes or retweets. Those only started afterward. Even by his own admission, my “boycott” was unsuccessful. So the “financial threat” is nonexistent, or it was before he decided to draw attention to the “boycott”. Also, it is absolutely hilarious to me that I’m trying to squelch his right to free speech. As I told him last night, boycotts are an expression in the free market of speech by consumers.

He’s correct that debate is free expression, but he’s incorrect in suggesting that boycotts are a suppression of free speech. He’s allowed to say whatever he wants. Consumers get to decide how they want to respond to his words.

.@janersm I don’t try to shut you up. Just debate, see the difference? In your world you are right and everyone else isn’t allowed to speak.

Actually, my first reaction was to discuss it with him. We did go back and forth on Medium, then I didn’t hear from him again. I made the tweet over his willingness to normalize abuse/bullying. Trying to go the “sticks and stones” route is going to turn off anyone who has any understanding of the impact of emotional abuse or bullying on the human mind and body. He shouldn’t be surprised that someone didn’t respond positively to his remarks. Surely it isn’t the first time.

.@janersm Just because it’s not successful doesn’t mean it isn’t an attempt 2 make someone stop speaking because u don’t like what they say.

Now we have the assumption that I’m in therapy because I was bullied or because I couldn’t deal with being bullied. Apparently, having a therapist is a sign of weakness. I don’t understand why people have that mindset.

Is he suggesting I’m a bully because I told him that one particular segment of his original Medium response was wrong? Or because of my “boycott”? I know that it isn’t because I randomly started tweeting someone who made a critical remark two weeks ago.8 It seems like he could just get over the tweet, but I guess he doesn’t realize that his complaints could easily be applied to criticize his current behavior.

I never said that my therapist controlled others. I know that only I can control myself. If he’d been through therapy he would know that crying is actually considered a helpful coping mechanism. Of course, he would also know that therapy teaches people how to deal with things constructively and in healthy ways.

I don’t let it bother me. You should try it. It’s amazing. I know millennials can’t do that, so I realize that I’m just teasing you. Your generation never learned “sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never harm me.”

The quote that started this whole thing.

You got trophies even when you didn’t win. You were told you were great even when you weren’t. And now you can’t handle anything that isn’t gushing praise. Much less actual criticism.

I explained to him that I was never given a participation trophy. It’s kind of funny that he is so critical of the response by millennials to actual criticism when his response is like what you’d expect from a toddler.

I honestly think maybe you suffer from a lack of reading comprehension. I did try explain it earlier, but you didn’t seem to understand that either.

The problem is always on someone else.

well, look it up, because I didn’t have anything to do with raising the pathetic crop of humans in your generation. You mistakenly assumed that. My kids aren’t in your generation. Thank goodness. Because if they were, then you would have been right: I’d have plenty to be a ashamed of.

I wonder how many listeners of the Hawk N’ Tom show on B937 (WFBC-FM) are millennials. As a Top-40 station, I’m guessing that millennials are part of their target demographic. I wonder what advertisers would think if they knew that he called millennials a pathetic crop of humans in your generation and that he would have plenty to be ashamed of if his children were 16-36 years old.

Finally, you realize that you are upset with me when in reality you should be excited someone actually read one of your rants. LOL. I’m virtually your only customer and you treat me like this? Ha ha.

Yay. An asshole read a response I made to a response he made. That’s just like the biggest thing that has ever happened to me. Bitch, please. I’ve been writing things online for over 15 years. This isn’t even the most negative response I’ve gotten to things I’ve written.

Notice I didn’t at any point suggest people should boycott you or that you shouldn’t be allowed to write any crazy, stupid thing that you want? That’s because I believe in free speech and freedoms of expression. I don’t threaten people who write things I don’t agree with and try to make them stop writing or saying them.
Only a pathetic generation of… oh I forgot, we already covered them.

He really should talk to someone about his anger issues. I feel bad for the dude, but he’s got to let it go. That’s what he’d tell me to do, so if it’s good enough advice for him to give, then it’s good enough for him to take.

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About Janet Morris

I'm from Huntsville, Alabama. I've got as many college credits as a doctorate candidate, and the GPA of some of them, too. I have a boss by the name of Amy Pond. She's a dachshund. My parents both grew up in Alabama.